New-York tribune., 1887-04-24
A Selfish PRINCE.
TIE CANNES sALuTE-LrszT-LoRD LYONS.


SvIor rus REGULAR ooHaEsroxDxHr OF THE rRrYuvE.I
PARIS April 8.
The Cannes incident does not reflect oreditsbly
On the naval administration OF Great Britain and
was cause of ironical remarks at the last Minis
teria council. It has caused . stir in French and
English journalism. and hear that Mr.. Laoou.
ohere, with . view to question IN the House OF
Commons has been setting on foot inquiries both
In Paris aud ct Cannea "Labby" Is no admirer OF
the Queens second son and is the personal friend
Of brave and meritorious naval officers who find
their promotion impeded by the quick rise OF the
Duke OF Edinburgh to the highest grades and
emouments IN tho service. The Duke is devoted
70 his purse his palate his violin and his ease and
is never moro o royal parsonage than when an
acting Admiral. 1t is an understood thing
that whom he is asleep nothing must be
done In the ship that he commands
to disturb his rest. When therefore the
Richelieu, meeting his flagship early in this week
of Cannes, paid him the personal compliments OF
saluting the Dreadnought on which his nag was
holsted the latter ship did not return the compn-
mont, because the Royal Admiral was In the arms
of Morpheus In his cabin. The satisfactory ex-
cuse" offered to tho French Government OF wh'cn
the London daily papers speak, Is the one given 70
the captain of the Riohelieu, and had nothing to
do with the explanations publicly given. to the
effect that no guns of the right caibre were on bord.
The reason urged to the captain of the Richeheu
when tho local authorities got ruffied about the
matter was that the Duke had severe attack OF
stomachaohe, and that owing to his doctors pre-
scription which was that he should court sleep,
there was no burning Of powder.
This most unpopular member OF the British royal
family, whom have often como across here, is very
dull and as full Of his own consequence as the
Prince of Wales Is the reverse. He Is narrow
minded man and has o still narrower heart. / be-
lieve be likes his offspring. but In selfish way.
Whom he is In Paris With them and the Duchess he
onlv takes them to theatres when the Foreign
Minister sends him boxorder for some OF the sub
sidised play-hou But he always goes by him
self and unattended to the ones at which he has to
nav an entrance fee Unlike the Prince Of Wales
he is exclusive in his social relations Those with
whom delgns to be we'll acquainted must be either
very high born and rich or very musical lie De-
gun his acquaintance with the musical world under
the auspices of Mademoiselle Schneider when Lord
Carrington, whose fortune she so seriously tapped.
induced her to 60 to London. Sir Arthur Sullivan
Is now, after the Duke. the King Of HIS Royal
HighnosSs little clique, Of which prominent
member Is o lady. whcse father was pad
dock g:oom to the .1ste Duke de Morny.
M. do Pourtalss belongs rather to the set of the
Pourtales kS3w from her childhood AS Prince
Bismack "a. the natural function of Queen Vic-
toriaS second is to play second fiddle In an or
chesfa have heard him perform at drawing
roo.,l concerts aud thought his playing rather So
sot If he is kept at the hoad of British squadrons
t;ey will come to grief some fine day. suppose
nobody understands better In detail naval techni-
caities than this English Prince But he has not
an intellect to go beyond them. and he eats and
drinks too much to have bright. clear and ready
mind. / have seen him devour food in perfectly
hoggsh manner at ball suppers. and return again In
the small hours Of the morning to devour again q
the buffets When he eats he sticks his nose almost
into his plate and is insensible to everything but
the qualification of his palate. The most beautiful
woman 10 existence would be powerless to draw his
eyes from his plate until he had gorged himself.
The Duke of Edinburgh had the goodness when he
learned in what bad part the ncivity of the Dread
nought to the R;cheleu had been taken by the au-
thorities at Cannes and the Paris press to call on
the commander Of the French man-of-war and give
an explanation. In the letter of excuse written by
the British Consul, Mr.. Harris, at the Dukes re-
quest to the Cannes local journals this incident aud
another-namely, the want of guns OF the rightcal-
tbre for salute fring-were confounded, no doubt
purposely 1t would not have redounded to the
honor OF His Royal Highness to have the stomach
acheexcuse dec ared urbi eorbi his latter excuse.
have been informed by a secretary of the Navy
Minister was given by the Duke himself to the
captain of the Richelieu.
Liszt is coming out in the character OF a bore in
the "Recollections" of him written by Frau Janka
Woh. He was so puffed-up with vanity. although
the lady did not this. that he would treat his
friend who did not 60 to no matter what soiree
gwen in his honor q mortal enemy. He never
iona wi m
O concert at which he Uisztl was to play on the
ground that the Hungarians uncle had been assas-'
Sinated in the course of the same day which the
excuse was written and the concert was to tako
place Liszt was. howover. says Frau Wohl.
as hard on himself as on others.
For instance, returning home one night to bis
mothers after the whole household were in bed he
lay down on the doorsteps and remained there until
the servant was up 10 the morning. The old lady,
on learning how he had passed his night wept from
sheer JOY at having such son. Liszt was genuine
in most things and did not attempt to concea his
overweening vanity But in this instance suspect
that be practsed the creduity of his mother and
preferred to make her from Radness by telling
her ib than perhaps to make her shed tears Of
bitterness by letting her know how he had really
spent his night,
Lord Salisbury has been trying to get rid Of Lord
Lyons whom he finds not sufficiently the Tory
party man for the post of Ambassador of Her Bri-
tannc Majesty to the French Republic. he wanted
to shelve his iordship and put Lord Lytton 10 his
place The latter peer went as far and as violently
ahead AS Beaconsfold wished who's he was Cover
nor-0enoral OF India. He is, although he used to
be when Mr. Robert Lytton great friend of LOUIS
Blanc wholly out of touch with modern France
An English NJ p. who knows him we'll described
him to me as one who is all surface. Under
tho name of Owen Meredith he has written some
pretty poems Lord Lyons is very sagaclous, very
Conscientious, very honest and very kind. He has
never yet made blunder, and he has been a. ways
active in the discharge of his diplomatic duties. ]
believe he has also won the i'll will Of the Orleans
Princes. who are now In high favor both at Wind
sor and at thorough House. by paying TO the Re
publican Government all the respect which he felt
was Its due. The smart young mel around biin